Olympian Blue on Frozen Forest
#1c4c8c on #cfe8b6
Body text at this size
And the smaller size most interfaces actually use for paragraphs — the size that decides whether a pair is usable.
Caption text, which almost nothing passes.
WCAG 2.1
6.45:1
Passes AA for body text
Not AAA (7:1). Swapping the two colours gives the same number — the ratio does not know which is the text.
APCA
Lc 70.6
Clears Lc 60 — headlines and other larger text.
Dark text on a lighter ground.
Colour difference
ΔE00 65.4
different colours
Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.
Nothing to fix
This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #1c4c8c can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.
And to someone missing a cone
protanopia
Ratio 6.27:1, ΔE00 64.9.
deuteranopia
Ratio 6.55:1, ΔE00 66.4.
tritanopia
Ratio 6.48:1, ΔE00 53.1.
The weakest of the three is tritanopia, where the two are ΔE00 53.1 apart against 65.4 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Olympian Blue ·Frozen Forest · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs